World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan voiced deep concern about the increase worldwide of childhood obesity, with numbers climbing fastest in developing countries.

Putting economic interests over public health is leading the world towards three slow-motion health disasters, Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization’s warned the world’s ...

From August 2025, more financial support will be made available to Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduates ...

“The global community has the chance to change the course of the NCD epidemic,” says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, who this Monday launched the “Global status report on non-communic ...

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